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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ms. Rain call the depression Precious is experiencing?
(a) Bad attitude
(b) Anger turned inward
(c) A road block
(d) A waste of time

2. Following her counseling session with Ms. Weiss and Mary, what does Precious do after speaking with Mary in order to calm herself down?
(a) Calls Ms. Rain
(b) Hugs Abdul
(c) Writes in her journal
(d) Calls her grandmother

3. What does Precious' mother do to Precious three months after Little Mongo is born?
(a) Forces her out of the house
(b) Makes her get a job
(c) Abandons her
(d) Molests her

4. What does Precious not want Ms. Rain to see?
(a) Her children
(b) Her journal entries about sex
(c) Scars from her mother's beatings
(d) Old school records

5. What is the plant that Precious brings into the classroom supposed to be representative of?
(a) How much Precious has grown
(b) Her roots in the world
(c) The circle of life
(d) Her connection to nature

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mary accuse Precious of doing?

2. Why does Precious attack Mrs. Lichenstein?

3. What does Ms. Rain ask the girls to do that terrifies Precious?

4. What does Precious' mother do when she finds out about Precious' first pregnancy?

5. What has Precious not completed that each girl in the class is required to do?

(see the answer key)

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